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. y, l as INVENTORS Y Claude R. Kirk Edward E. Collson BY THEIRATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 18, 1934 GAME APPARATUS Claude R. Kirk, OakPark, and Edward E. Collison, Chicago, Ill., assgnors to Standard TicketGames Corporation, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois ApplicationJune 28, 1934, Serial No. 732,776

12 Claims.

This invention relates to a game apparatus. It is an object of thisinvention to provide an improved game apparatus which is relativelysimple and inexpensive in construction and eiiicient in use.

Another object of this invention is to provide, in a game apparatus, thecombination of: a cabinet having a dispensing outlet and including amember providing an inclined playing surface having ball exit or scoringopenings formed therein; means for propelling balls one at a time ontothe upper portion of said playing surface so that they may gravitatethereover and enter into a pass through said ball exit or scoringopenings; means for elevating the balls one at a time from a point belowsaid scoring openings to said propelling means; runways below and incommunication with said scoring openings for returning the played ballsfrom the latter to said elevating means; a score recording or printingdevice arranged in said cabinet and including a rotatable print drum;means including devices actuated by balls traveling along said runwaysfor rotatably advancing said printing drum ln a step by step movement inaccordance with the scoring value of the played balls; an impressionreceiving member in said cabinet and having the form of a tape or web ofpaper or the like; means y including a pressure member coacting withsaid elevating means and with said printing drum for printing the totalscore of the game upon a portion of said tape or web, after apredetermined number of balls have been elevated to said propellingmeans; and means for severing the said score-bearing printed or ticketportion of the said web from the body of the latter after thescore-printing operation and for dispensing the said score-bearingprinted portion of said web exteriorly of the cabinet to the playerthrough said dispensing outlet.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a coincontrolledamusement game of the so-called marble or pin game type comprising: acabinet; and means in the cabinet for printing the total score of a gameafter a predetermined number of balls have played and for dispensingexteriorly of said cabinet to the player a printed score-bearing ticketor the like.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of partsto be hereinafter describedand claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, showing the preferred form of construction and in which:

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Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a game apparatus embodying a preferred formof the invention;

Fig. 2 is an end elevational view of the cabinet shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view 00 on line 3-3 in Fig.1, showing certain parts of the operating mechanisms of the newapparatus;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view on line 4--4 in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the mechanisms shown in Fig. 4;;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on line 6 6 in Fig. Fig. 7 is a sectionalview on line '7 7 in Fig. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary sectional detail viewthe mechanism shown in Fig. 7

Fig. 9 is a sectional view on lin Fig. 10 is a sectional view is asectional View is a sectional view is a sectional view is a sectionalview is a sectional view is a sectional view Fig. 17 is a sectional viewFig. 6;

on line on line on line on line cn line on line on line line e 9-9 inFig.

lll-10 Fig. 18 is an enlarged fragmentary elevational chanism shown indetail view of part of the me Figs. l1 and 12; and

Fig. 19 is a sectional View on line 19-19 in 9o Fig. 18.

The new game apparatus comprises, in general, a cabinet, generallyindicated at 20, and within which is arranged an inclined playing board21. vided with The inclined playing board 21 is pro- 95 ball exit orscoring openings 22. Ar-

exit or scoring openings 22; the balls being elevated to the playingsurface, onto the ramp 23 and in front of the propelling device 24, bymeans of an elevating device, generally indicated at 32 and including amanually operated lever or handle 33.

Arranged below the inclined playing board 21, and each havingcommunication with a preselected group of the ball exit or scoringopenings 22, is a group or series of inclined ball runways 25 andprojecting into each of these ball chutes 26 is an enlarged end portion27 of a timing gear lever or arm 28. Adapted to be operated at diierenttimes by each of the arms is a score recording or printing device,generally indicated at 29 (Fig. 4) which includes a rotatable printingdrum 34; and associated with the score recording or printing drum 34 isan impression-receiving tape or web (Figs. 3, 4, and 16) upon which theplayers total score is printed at the end of each game; the printedscore-bearing portion of the web 30, or ticket, being severed from theweb and dispensed exteriorly of the cabinet 20, to the player, through adispensing outlet 31 which is formed in the lower end wall 125 oi thecabinet 20 (Figi 2).

Having thus generally outlined the structure or the new game apparatus,a general description of the operation of the same will be given beforeproceeding with the detailed description of its structure and operationso that the latter may be better and more intelligently understood.

rihe playing balls 167 are elevated, one at a time, onto the ramp 23, infront of the propelling device or plunger 24, by operation o theelevating device 32, which is accomplished by depression of the handlever 33 (Fig. 3) the balls being propelled one at a time along the ramp23 onto the upper portion of the inclined playing board 21 so that theymay gravitate l over the latter and pass through the ball exit orscoring openings 22. Upon passing through one of the ball exit orscoring openings 22 the played ball drops into the corresponding one ofthe runways 25 and,rolling down the latter, drops into the correspondingvertical chute 2v wherein it falls upon the enlarged end portion 27 ofthe corresponding timing gear lever 28, thereby depressing the latter(counterclockwise, Fig. 12). This movement of the thus ballactuatedtiming gear lever 27-28 is imparted to a corresponding one of a seriesof counter-weighted timing gear carriages 57, each having acounterweight 175, (Figs. 11 and 12) and each of which includes a maintiming gear 56 and an auxiliary timing gear 59; the motion of the thusactuated timing gear. carriage 57 releasing a latch bar 61 from latchingengagement with the main timing gears 56, (Figs. 11 and 12) whereupon atensioned main operating spring 168 (Figs. 6 and 17) rotates the shaft55 and the gears 56 and the printing drum 34 which are mounted on theshaft 55; and after the game is completed a pressure member orimpression-transferring member 87 (Fig.13) is actuated to move the web30 into printing engagement with the printing drum 34, thus recordingupon the tape or web 30 the players total score for the game. Duringthis operation the score-bearing portion of the web or tape 30 issevered from the body of the web by a-knife 135 (Fig. 14) and isdispensed exteriorly of the cabinet 20, to the player, through thedispensing outlet 31 (Fig. 2)

Having thus generally outlined both the structure and operation of thenew game apparatus a detailed description of the structure will now begiven, following which a detailed description of the operation of thenew game apparatus will be given.

From the runways 25a11d verticalchutes 26 the played balls pass into acommon runway or magazine 35 (Figs. 4, 6. 7, 9. 10, 11, and 12) by whichthey are directed to the ball-elevating device, generally indicated at32. This ball elevating device 32 comprises a rotary elevator member ordisc 36 in which is formed a series of ball-receiving pockets 37. Thisrotary elevating disc 36 is arranged within a housing or casing 38,which is in turn arranged in the cabinet 20, and the transverse runwayor magazine 35 communicates at its lower end with the casing 38 by wayof an inlet 39 Fig. 6) so that the balls may be fed one at a time, bygravity from the magazine 35 into the pockets 37 of the rotary elevatordisc 36.

The pockets 37 of the rotary elevator disc 36 3() are axiallyA inclined(Fig. 6) toward the ramp 23 so that when the balls are elevated one at atime up to the level of the ramp 23 they will roll by gravity out of thepockets 37 in the rotary elevator disc 36 into the ramp 23 in front oithe propelling device 24; the balls passing from the elevator pockets 37into the ramp 23 by way of an opening ffl() (Fig. 3) which is formed inone side wall of the elevator housing 33.

The rotary elevator disc 36 is mounted upon a horizontal elevator shaftil (Fig. 6); one end portion oi the shaft 41 being journaled in a wallof the elevator housing 38 and the other end portion oi the shaft 4lbeing journaled in a vertical supporting wall 4.2 which is provided inthe cabinet 20. Formed upon the axially outer side of the elevator disc36 is a ratchet i3 (Figs. 3 and 6) with which is associated an operatingpawl de (Fig. 3). One end portion of the pawl 4 4 is pivotallyconnected, as at e5, to a linl; 46, and the latter is in turn attachedto the elevator operat-= ing handle or lever 33 (Fig. 3) the elevatoroperating handle or lever 33 being pivotally mounted upon one wall orthe elevator housing 33, as at 47. The pawl i4 has an angled end portione3 115 (Fig. 4) which projects through an opening l2 formed in a wall ofthe elevator housing 33 (Fig. 3) into engagement with the teeth of theratchet i3 so that the rotary elevator disc 36 can be rotated(counterclockwise, Fig. 3) by depressing the hand lever 33, therebypivoting the link 4.3 and pawl le from full to dotted line position,(Fig. 3), so as to elevate the balls 167 one at a time up onto the ramp23, in front of the propelling device or plunger 24, as will readily beunderstood by 125 an examination of Fig. 3.

Pivotally mounted between its ends upon a wall of the elevator housing38, as at 50, is a dog 51. This dog 51 has an end portion 52 which isurged by a spring 53 (counterclockwise, Fig. 3) into en- 13a gagementwith the teeth of the ratchet 43 so as to prevent retroactive movementof the rotary elevator disc 36.

Having one end rotatably journaled in the vertical supporting wall 54,(Fig. 6), and arranged in the cabinet 20 below the inclined playingboard i 21, is the horizontal shaft 55, (Figs. 4, 6, and 9) Fixed uponthis shaft 55 for rotation therewith and spaced at intervals axiallytherealong are they main timing gears 56 (Figs. e, 6, 11 and 12) The m0timing gear levers 27-28 are formed as parts of the counterweightedtiming gear carriages 57 (Figs. 11 and 12) and these carriages 57 arepivotally mounted upon, that is, loosely oat upon a common horizontalshaft 58 whichextends perf M5 allel to the shaft 55 (Figs. 6, 11 and12). Each.v of the timing gear carriages 57 includes a counter' weight175. Pivotally mounted umn each one oi these carriages 57 is anauxiliary timing gear 59, and one of these auxiliary timing gears 53is'en- 59 gaged with a corresponding one of the main timing gears 56when a played ball drops from a runway into the corresponding verticalchute 26 and onto the corresponding timing gear lever 27--28 (Figs. 11and 12).

When a ball passes through one of the exit or scoring openings 22 in theinclined playing board 21, into the corresponding one of the runways 25,it passes from the runway 25 into the corresponding vertical chute 26and drops down the latter onto the enlarged portion 27 of thecorresponding timing gear carriage arm 28; thereby pivoting thecorresponding timing gear carriage 57 (clockwise, Fig. 11,counterclockwise, Fig. 12), upon its supporting shaft 58. This movementof the actuated timing gear carriage 57 meshes the auxiliary timing gear59 carried thereby with the corresponding main timing gear 56 and at thesame time pivots a latch bar 61, which is carried by and common to allof the timing gear carriages 57, out of engagement with the main timinggears 56 (Figs. 11 and 12). This frees the shaft 55 and the main timinggears 56 and the printing drum 34 carried thereby for rotation under theaction levers 63.

of the main operating spring 168 whereupon the shaft and the timinggears 56 and printing drum 34 carried thereby are rotated; theengagement o'f the actuated auxiliary timing gear 59 with its maintiming gear 56 timing the duration of rotation of the shaft 55(counterclockwise, Fig. 11, clockwise, Fig. l2), and the printing drum34 carried thereby, as will be explained more fully hereinafter.

To this end there are pivotaly mounted below the playing board 21, upona horizontal shaft 62 (Figs. 11, 18 and 19) a series of spaced timingEach of these timing levers 63 has an end portion 64 which projectsthrough a slot 65 which is formed in va lateral extension oi thecorresponding timing gear carriage 57 (Fig. 19). Formed on the endportion 64 of each timing lever 63 is a lateral extension which providesa cam 66 and projecting iaterally from each of the timing gears 59 is apin 67, (Figs. il, i2, i8 and 19). When one of the timing gear carriages57 is actuated by a played ball to engage the corresponding auxiliarytiming gear 59 and main timing gear 56, the pin 67 carried by theauxiliary timing gear 59 rides upithe corresponding cam 66. However, asthe shaft 55 and the gears 56 are rotated (counterclockwise, Fig. 1l,clockwise, Fig. 12) by the tensioned main operating spring 168, theactuated timing gear 59 tends to rotate in an opposite direction(clockwise, Figs. 11 and 18, counterclockwise, Fig. 12), thus causingthe pin 67 carried thereby to ride 01T the cam 66 and thus pivot theactuated carriage 57 at 58 in a direction to disengage the auxiliarytiming gear 59 from the corresponding main timing gear 56. At this timethe latch member 61, which is carried by and common to all of the timinggear carriages 57, is urged by its resetting spring 173 back intoengagement with the main timing gears 56 and thereby stops the rotationof the shaft 55, gears 56, and printing drum 34. In this manner theprinting drum 34 is rotated or advanced in a step by step movement inaccordance with the scores made by the balls played through the scoringopenings 22 in the inclined playing board 21 into the runway-s 25, andafter the player has elevated a predetermined number of balls to thepropelling device 24, and has completed a game, theimpression-transmitting or pressure member 87 forces theimpression-receiving web or tape 30 against the printing type 60 whichare provided on the peripheral surface of the printing drum 34, andthereby prints the players total score upon the web 30; and during thisprinting operation that portion of the tape or web 30 having the totalscore of the game thus printed thereon .is forced by the pressure member87 against the knife 135 and is thereby severed from the web 30 anddispensed to the player through the dispensing outlet 31.

The transverse ball return runway 35 comprises a terrace of steps (Figs.11 and 12) and as the balls pass down this runway 35 they successivelyfall upon and engage an arm 69 of a dog 70 (Figs. 10 and 11), therebymoving the arm 75 of the dog 70 out of engagement with the teeth of aratchet 71, whereupon a tensioned spring 73. which is arranged upon theshaft 72, rotates the ratchet 71 and its supporting shaft 72 in a stepby step rotary movement (clockwise, Figs. 10 and 11), the member 70including an escapement pawl or check arm 76. After a predeterminednumber of balls have been elevated to the propelling means 24 theratchet 71 will have been stepped around until its arm 75 comes intocontact with an uninterrupted cam surface 74 that is provided on theperiphery of the ratchet 71, whereupon the tensioned spring 73 rotatesthe ratchet 71 and its supporting shaft 72 (clockwise, Figs. 10 and 1l).This rotation of the shaft 72 causes an arm 77 which is iixed thereon(Fig. 15) to engage one arm 78 of a latch member 79, which is pivotallymounted between its ends, as at 80, (Fig. l5), upon a verticalsupporting wall 92, thereby pivoting the other end portion 8l of thelatch member 79 outof latching engagement with a notched portion 82 of acam 83 that is mounted on a horizontal shaft 84. A tensioned spring 68on the shaft 84, (Figs. 5 and l5) which carries the cam 83, then rotatesthe shaft z 84 and cam 83 (clockwise, Fig. 15). This motion of the carn83 moves an arm 85, which is eccentricallyy connected to the cam 83, asat 86 (Fig. l5) in a direction to move the impressiontransmitting orpressure member 87 (Fig. 13) against the tape or web 39 and therebyforce the latter against the printing drum 34; one end of the eccentricarm being pivotally connected to the pressure member 87 by means of apin 88 (Figs. 4 and 15).

The pressure member 87 includes a pair of spaced arms 89 which areswingingly mounted at their upper ends upon a vshaft 90 (Figs. 13 and14) the pin 88 extending between the lower end portions of the arms 89and one end portion of the pin 88 projecting through and being guided ina slot 91 which is formed in the vertical supporting wall 92 which isarranged within the cabinet 20 (Fig. 14).

The stationary web-cutting knife or cutting element 135 is mounted uponthe vertical supporting wall 92 (Figs. 4 and 14) and the ticket orscore-bearing portion of the tape or web 30 is severed from the body ofthe same by the shearing engagement between one of the arms 89 of thepressure member 87 and the cutting edge 93 of the knife 135; to this endthe pressure member 87 being shifted laterally (right to left, Fig. 14)by a spring 177 which is arranged upon the shaft 90 between thesupporting wall 143 and the pressure member 87 (Figs. 4 and 13); thissevering operation taking place as the web 30 is forced against theprinting drum 34 by a at spring 123, which is mounted on the pressuremember 87, to/print the players total score iii@ thereon, (Figs. 4, 5and 13). In this manner the'score-bearing portion of the web 30 orticket is severed substantially simultaneously with the printingoperation and falls upon a gravity chute 94 (Fig. 14) by which is itdispensed to the player, exteriorly of the cabinet 20, through the dis'-pensing slot 3,1 (Fig. 14); it being noted that the web 30 is fedthrough a slot 95 (Fig. 14), which is formed in the vertical supportingwall 92, past the cutting edge 93 of the knife 135 and across the faceof the printing drum 34.

The web 30 is guided between vertical guide rollers 96 and 97 (Figs. 4and 16) and is fed through the slot 95, across the cutting edge 93 ofthe knife 135 and across the peripheral printing surface of the printingdrum 34, by means of a web advancing roll 98 which is provided withprojecting lugs 99; the lugs 99 engaging through correspondingperforations in the web 30 (Figs. 4, 6, and 16).

Extending transversely across the cabinet 20 and suitably supportedtherein (Fig. .4) is a horizontal shaft 100 which carries at one end abeveled gear 101 (Figs. 5 and 6). This beveled gear 101 meshes with acorresponding beveled gear 102 and the gear 102 is mounted upon avertical shaft 103 at the lower end of the latter (Fig. 6); this shaft103 carrying the web-advancing roll 98. At its other end the shaft 101carries a sprocket 104 with which is associated a sprocket chain 105(Fig. 9).

Mounted on the elevator shaft 41 (Fig. 6) is a sprocket 106 around whichthe sprocket chain 105 revolves, the sprocket chain 105 also workingaround a sprocket 108 which is mounted upon the shaft 84, the shaft 84having one end rotatably journaled in the vertical supporting wall 92and having its other end rotatably journaled in a bracket 109 which isattached tothe supporting wall 42 (Figs. 5, 6, and 9).

Motion is imparted to the web-advancing roller 98 by operation of theelevator operating hand lever 33, which in turn operates the rotaryelevator disc 36, this operation being as follows: when the elevatoroperating lever 33 is depressed (Fig. 3) it rotates the elevator disc 36and the elevator shaft 41 (counterclockwise, Fig. 3, clockwise, Fig. 9)thereby rotating the sprocket 106,

sprocket chain 105, sprocket 104, and shaft '100 (clockwise, Fig. 9).This rotation of the shaft' 100 is imparted through the beveled gears101t and 102 to the vertical shaft 103 upon which the web-advancing roll98 is mounted, thereby rotating the latter and advancing the web 30therefrom through the slot 95 in the wall 92 across the cutting edge 93of the knife 135' and across the peripheral surface of the printing drum34; a pair of intermeshing gears 107 and 110 being providedonV theshafts 55 and 41 respectively (Figs. 6 and 9), for reasons to be madeapparent hereinafter.

Mounted on the shaft 100 (Figs. 5 and 15) is a disc 111 upon which arearranged a radially arranged row of laterally extending pins 112 whichare successively engageable with an end portion 113 of an arm 114; thearm 114 being formed as a depending extension of a stop member 115 (Fig.15) which is pivotally mounted upon the supporting wall 92, as at 116.This stop member 115 includes an abutment arm 117 which is arranged inthe path of movement of a lateral extension 118 of the disc 83.

As the web-advancing roller operating shaft 100 is rotated (clockwise,Fig. 15) the radially arranged pins 112 thereon successively engage lthefoot portion 113 of the stop member 114-115 of its resetting spring 174(clockwise, Fig. 15) and thus lifting the abutment or stop arm portion117 of the stop member 1-15 out of the path of movement of the lateralextension 118 of the disc 83, thereby freeing the disc 83 and shaft 84for rotation by the spring 68 and thus also freeing the pressure member87 so that the same may be operated when, at the end of the game, thelatch member 787981 is moved out vof latching engagement with thenotched portion 82 of the disc 83 by action of the arm 77 on the ratchetsupporting shaft 72 (Fig. 15)

The -new game apparatus is intended to be coincontrolled and to this enda suitable coin-controlled device, which includes a coin slide 124, ismounted in the lower end wall 125 of the cabinet 20. Slidablyl connectedto the coin slide 124 by means of a pin and slot connection 126-127, isa slide bar 128 (Figs. 14 and 16). Pivotally con` nected to the slidebar 128, as at 129, is a member 130 which carries a laterally extendingcam or pin 131. This pin 131 engages under an arm 132 which is pivotallymounted upon a horizontal rock shaft 133, the shaft 133 extendingtransversely across the cabinet 20 (Fig. 4) the member 130 beingpivotally mounted at its lower end upon a horizontal rock shaft 134which extends parallel to the rock shaft 133 below the latter (Figs. 4and 16).

Mounted on the shaft 134 is an arm 136 (Fig. 13) and oating, that is,loosely mounted, on the shaft 134 is a segmental rack bar or gear 137which has an arm 138, this arm 138 being provided with a lateralextension 139 -in which is mounted a set screw 140. The segmental gear137 meshes with a gear 141 which is rotatably mounted upon a shaft 142that projects from a vertical supporting wall 143 which is arranged inthe cabinet 20. The gear 142 in turn meshes with a gear 144 that ismounted on the shaft 72.

When the coin slide 124 is pushed inwardly, right to left (Fig. 16), thelink mechanism 128-129--130 rocks the shaft 134 (counterclockwise, Fig.13), thereby engaging the arm 136 lwith a screw 140 which is carried bythe arm 138-139 of the segmental gear 137, thus causing the segmentalgear 137 to be rotated (counterclockwise, Fig. 13). This movement ,ofthe gear 137 acts through the gears 141 and 144 to rotate the shaft 72(counterclockwise, Figs. 10 and 13), thereby resetting the ratchet 71,and the arm or lug 77 which is carried by the shaft 72, and at the sametime tensioning the operating spring 73 for the shaft 72.

The latch bar 61 is formed as a part of a rectangular frame or carriagewhich includes side members 145 and a horizontal bar 146 (Figs. 5 andl1). Mounted on the shaft 134 (Fig. 11) is an arm 147 which has a camportion 148.

When the coin slide '124 ls pushed inwardly (right to left, Fig. 16) andthe shaft C134 rocked (counterclockwise, Fig. 11) through the action ofthe slide bar 128-129-130, the arm 147 on the shaft 134 is rocked(counterclockwise, Fig. l11), thereby causing the cam portion 148 of thearm 147 to engage the horizontal bar portion 146 of the rectangularlatching member 61-145-146,

(counterclockwise, Figs. 10 and 11), this resetting motion beingimparted to the shaft 55 and timing gears 56 from the spring 168 by Wayof the elevator shaft 41, and gears 110 and 107 (Figs. 6 and 9).

During the above-mentioned movement of the shaft 134 and carriage61-145--146 (counterclockwise, Fig. 11), the arm 147 is lifted from itsposition (Fig. 11) into dotted line position (Fig. 10) and in the latterposition it engages a laterally extending pin or stop member 149provided on one of the main timing gears 56 (Fig. 10)

36 comes into position to elevate to the'ramp 23 the last of apredetermined number of balls allowed the player for a coin insertedinto the coin aperture of the coin slide 124, that is, for one of same,the angled end portion 153 of the latch arm 152 engages the angled endportion 151 of the cam 150 and thereby locks the elevator disc 36against further rotation or operation (clockwise, Figs. 7 and 8) so thatno more balls can be elevated to the ramp 23. However, when a propercoin is inserted into the coin aperture of the coin slide 124 and thelatter and the slide bar 128 are pushed inwardly (right to left, Fig.16), the cam 131 on the link 130 engages the arm 132 on `the shaft 133and thereby rotates the shaft 133 (counterclockwise, Figs. 7, 8, and16). This movement of the shaft 133 lifts the latch arm 152 carriedthereby up from the cam 150 and above the angled end portion 151thereof, but at the same time engages the angled end portion 153 of thelatch arm 152 with a laterally extending stop member 154 which iscarried by the elevator disc 36 (Fig. 8). This engagement of the angledend portion 153 of the latch arm 152 with the stop 154 prevents theplayer from operating the elevator disc 34 while vholding the coin slide124 pressed inwardly, thus preventing fraudulent continuous operation ofthe game apparatus, or socalled milking. However, when the coin slide124 is released, the angled end portion 153 of the latch arm 152 drops(clockwise, Fig. 8) between the angled end portion 151 of the cam 150and the stop 154 and thereby frees the elevator disc 36 for furtheroperation.

Pivotally suspended from the vertical supporting wall 42 is a pendulum155 (Fig. 9) and when the new game apparatus and its cabinet 20, are inproper playing position, the upper end portion of the pendulum 155 islatchingly engaged with a latch member 156; the latch member 156 beingmounted upon a horizontal shaft 157 which extends transversely acrossthe cabinet 20 below the inclined playing board 21.

Pivotally connected to the latch member 156, as at 158, (Fig. 9) is aslide bar 159 which is slidably mounted on the vertical supporting wall42 by means of a pin and slot connection 160 (Figs. 6 and 9). This slidebar 159 has a lateral extension 161 (Fig. 6) which projects over theperipheral surface of a score-registering dial 162 that is looselymounted upon, that is, fioats upon, the elevator shaft 41 (Fig. 6) theregistering dial 162 being integrally connected to the gear 110 by meansof a. flanged sleeve 163 which is arranged upon the elevator shaft 41;this sleeve 163 having a fianged portion 169 (Figs. 6 and 17) whichprovides a housing for the main operating spring 168, thescore-indicating or registering dial 162 being fastened to the housingportion 169 of the sleeve 163 so as to rotate therewith.

Carried by the shaft 157, adjacent the vertical supporting wall 143, isan arm 122 (Fig. 13) and pivotally connected at its lower end to thisarm 122 is a member 119 which is loosely mounted upon, that is, floatsupon, the shaft 55; the member 119 having a counterweighted portion 120,which is normally latched in raised, or full line, position (Fig. 13) bylatching engagement of the upper end portion of the pendulum 155 withthe latch member` 156.

If the player attempts to operate the new game apparatus fraudulently bytilting the same and its cabinet 20 from their proper playing position,the upper end portion of the pendulum 155 is moved by gravity out oflatching engagement with the latch member 156, whereupon thecounterweighted end portion 120 of the member 119 drops or pivots bygravity (counterclockwise, Fig. 13) upon its supporting shaft 55,thereby elevating the member 119 into a position (as in dotted lines,Fig. 13) between the peripheral face of the printing drum 34 and theimpression transmitting or pressure member 87, thus preventing theplayer from printing the score of his game upon the ticket web 30. Atthe same time this motion of the counter-weighted member 119-120 actsthrough the link 121 and the arm 122 to rotate the shaft 157 (clockwise,Fig. 13, counterclockwise, Fig. 9), thereby sliding the bar 159 (rightto left, Fig. 9) and thus-projecting the angled or lateral extension 161of the slide bar 159 across the peripheral surface of thescore-indicating dial 162, thereby rendering the players-total scoreinvisible to him 115 through the sight opening 165 which is provided inthe cabinet 20 for the purpose of indicating to the player his totalscore at any stage of the game (Fig. 1).

To reset the anti-tilting device 155-156-157 120 and associated parts,that is, to retract the lateral extension 161 of the slide bar 159 outfrom under the sight opening 165, and to remove the member 119 fromposition between the printing drum 34 and the pressure member 87 (Fig.13) it is neces- 125 sary for the player to insert a proper coin intothe coin aperture of the coin slide 124 and operate the variousmechanisms hereinbefore described, including the segmental gear 137; andwhen the segmental gear 137 is moved from dotted to full 130 lineposition, Fig. 13, its upper edge engages a laterally projecting pin 166carried by the counterweighted portion 120 of the carriage 119 (Fig. 13)thereby pivoting the latter (clockwise Fig. 13). This movement of thecounterweight 120 retracts the member 119 from dotted to full lineposition (Fig. 13), so that the impression transmitting or pressuremember 87 may again force the web 30 against the printing drum 34, whileat the same time this movement of the member 119--120 acts 140 throughthe link 121 and arm 122 to rotate the shaft 157 (clockwise, Fig. 9),thereby moving the slide bar 159 from left to right, Fig. 9, andretracting the lateral extension 161 thereof out from under the sightopening 165, thus again exposing the score-indicating or register dial162 to the player. At the same time this motion of the slide bar 159(left to right, Fig. 9) reengages the latch member 156 with the upperend portion of the pendulum 155 so as to latch the counterweighted 150end portion 120 of the member 119 in raised, full line, position, (Fig.13).

Any suitable means (not shown) may be provided for inking the printingtype 60 on the printing drum 34, the type 60 being preferably rubbertype. j

Operation In order to play the new game apparatus, a player inserts acoin of proper denomination into the coin aperture of the coin slide 124and pushes the latter inwardly to discharge the coin into a suitablereceptacle 176 providedtherefor in the cabinet 20 whereupon the playermay elevate the playing balls 167 one at a time up to the ramp 23 bydepressing the elevator operating handle or lever 33 (from full todotted line position, Fig. 3). This movement of the elevator operatinghandle or lever 33 is transmitted to the rotary elevator disc 36 by wayof the link '46, pawl 44-48, ratchet 43, and elevator shaft 41 (Fig. 3),whereupon the rotary elevator disc 36 is rotated (counterclockwise, Fig.3) and the balls 167 carried in the pockets 37 of the elevator disc 36are discharged one at a time from their pockets 37 into the ramp 23infront of the propelling device or plunger 24 by means of which theymay be propelled by the player one at a time up the ramp 25 onto theupper portion of'the inclined playing board 21 so that they maygravitate over the inclined playing board 21 and, perchance, enter intoone of the ball exit or scoring openings 22 through which they dropbelow the inclined playing board 21 into the corresponding inclinedrunways25.

Each time the elevator operating handle 33 is depressed to operate therotary elevator disc 36 and elevate aball 167 up to the ramp 23, theelevator shaft 41 is rotated, step by step, (counterclockwise, Fig. 3),thereby tensioning, and storing energy in the main operating -coilspring 168; this being by reason of the fact that the innermost coil ofthe spring 168 is attached to a sleeve 170 that is fast upon theelevator shaft 41 while the outermost coil of the same is attached tothe flanged housing portion 169 of the sleeve 163.

A played ball traveling down one of the runways 25 passes into thecorresponding vertical chute 26 (Figs. 10 and 12) and engages theportion 27 of the arm 28 of the corresponding timing gear carriage 57thereby pivoting the thus actuated timing gear carriage 57(counterclockwise, Fig. 12) on its supporting shaft 58 against theaction of its counterweight 175. This motion of the actuated timing gearcarriage 57 disengages the latch member 61 from latching engagement withthe main timing gears 56, thereby freeing the main timing gears 56, andtheir supportingv shaft and the printing drum 34 carried there by, allof which are then rotated, (clockwise, Fig. 12, counterclockwise, Fig.11), this motion of the shaft 55 and the timing gears 56 and printingdrum 34 carried thereby being effected by the tensioned main operatingspring 168, the energy of thelatter being transmitted by way of thesleeve 170, shaft 41, and gears 110 and 107 (Figs.

The printing drum 34 being carried by the shaft 55 (Fig. 6) is, ofcourse, rotated in unison with the timing gears 56 and shaft 55 toadvance the printing type 60 on the drum 34 past and relative -to theimpression-receiving web 30. The dura'- Fig. 12) to release the latchmember 61 from the main timing gears 56, so as to release the latter,shaft 55, and printing drum 34 for circumferential movement orrotation', the corresponding one of the auxiliary timing gears 59 ismeshed with its main timing gear 56 (as in Fig. 12), and during thisoperation of meshing a pair of the timing gears 59-56, the laterallyextending pin 67 carried by the actuated auxiliary timing gear 59 (Figs.11, 12, 18 and 19) rides up the cam surface 66 of its timing gear lever63; and as the shaft 55 and main timing gears 56 begin to rotate underthe action of themain operating spring 168, the actuated auxiliarytiming gear 59 is urged (clockwise, Fig. 18)/,f by engagement with theycorresponding main timing gear 56, thereby pivoting the correspondingtiming lever 63 (counterclockwise, Fig. 18) into engagement with itsstop 157, thus forcing the pin 67 off from the cam surface 66 of thetiming lever 63 (right to left, Fig. 18) and at the same time pivotingthe actuated timing gear carriage 57 (clockwise, Fig. 12), thusreengaging the latch bar 61 with the main timing gears 56 and thusstopping further rotation of the timing gears 56, shaft 55, and printingdrum 34. The length of time required for the pin 67 to complete a cycleof operations and to ride up onto and oif from the cam 66 thusdetermines the direction of rotation the corresponding timing gear 56,shaft 55, and printing drum 34, and the length of time required for thiscycle varies in the different sets of timing pins 67 and cams 66 sovthat the circumferential distance that the timing gears 56, shaft 55,and pivoting drum 34 are rotated varies in accordance with apredetermined relationship between the time required for a particularpin 67 to ride up onto and olf from its corresponding cam 66 and thescoring value of the ball exit scoring opening 22 and runway 25 throughwhich the played ball has passed to actuate the corresponding timinggear carriages 27-28-55. t

After a ball has thus engaged the portion 27 of one of the carriage arms28 it passes from the corresponding chute 26 into the ball return runway35 wherein it falls upon or engages the arm 69 of the pawl 70, therebypivoting the pawl 70 (clockwise, Figs. 10 and 11) and thuscircumferentially advancing the ratchet 71 and its supporting shaft 72one step. This operation is repeated for each ball played and when theelevator operating handle 33 is depressed a, predetermined number oftimes equal to the number of balls allowed the player for each game, thearm 75 of the pawl 70 engages the uninterrupted smooth surface 74 of theratchet 71, whereupon the ratchet 71, and its supporting shaft 72 arerotated a circumferential distance equal to the circumferential lengthof the uninterrupted surface 74 of the ratchet 71, (clockwise, Figs. 10and is arranged upon the shaft 72 (Fig. 5). This rotation of the shaft72 causes the arm 77 carried thereby (Fig. 15) to rotate (clockwise,Fig. 15) into engagement with the arm 78 ofthe latch member.79,whereupon the latch member 79 is pivoted (counterclockwise, Fig. 15)against the action of its resetting spring 171, thus moving its latchingend portion 81 out of latching engagement with the notched portion 82 ofthe disc 83 that is arranged upon the shaft 84. At the same time, thedepression of the elevator operating handle 33 acts through the elevatordisc 34, shaft 41, sprocket 106, sprocket chain 105, and sprocket 104 torotate the shaft 100 and disc 111 (clockwise, Fig. thus causing one ofthe pins 112 on the disc 111 to engage the foot portion 113 of the stopmember 113-114-115-117 and pivot the latter (clockwise, Fig. 15) out ofengagement with the Alateral extension 118 of the disc 63, whereupon thetensioned spring 68 which is arranged about the shaft 31 (Fig. 5),rotates the shaft 34 and its disc 83 (clockwise, Fig. 15) thereby movingthe eccentric operating arm 85 (right to left, Fig. 15) and thusswinging the impressiontransmitting or pressure member 37 and the ilatspring 123 carried thereby (clockwise, Fig. 13, counterclockwise, Fig.14) into engagement with the impression-receiving web thereby forcingthe web 30 against the score-recording printing type carried by theprinting drum 311 and recording thereon the total score of the game.During the score-printing operation the score-bearing or printed portionof the web 3() is sheared from the body of the same by the shearingaction of one arm 89 of the pressure member 37 against the cutting edge93 of the knife 135 (Fig. 11i), thereby severing the score-bearingticket portion of the web 30 from the body of the latter, whereupon thethus severed score-bearing ticket portion of the web falls by gravityupon the chute 9.4 and is dispensed exteriorly of the cabinet 20,through the outlet 31, to the player (Figs. 13 and le).

The spring 63 on the shaft 3d is tensioned, and energy stored therein tooperate the pressiue member 87, and a step by step motion is imparted tothe web-advancing roller-98, every time the player depresses theelevator operating handle or lever 33 to elevate a ball up into the ramp23; this motion of the elevator-operating handle 33 being imparted tothe shaft 34, to tension the spring 68, by way of the shaft 111,sprocket 106, sprocket chain 105, and sprocket 1GB (Figs. 6 and 9) whileat the same time this motion of the elevator-operating handle 33 istransmitted to the web-advancing roller as follows: When theelevator-operating handle 33 is depressed (Fig. 3) it rotates theelevator disc 36 and the elevator Shaft 41 (counterclockwise, Fig. 3,clockwise, Fig. 3), and this motion of the elevator shaft 111 istransferred through the sprocket 106, sprocket chain 165 and sprocket164 to the shaft 100, to rotate the latter (counterclockwise, Fig. 9).This rotation of the shaft is transmitted through the beveled gears 101and 102 to the vertical shaft 103 upon which the web-advancing roller 98is mounted, thereby rotating the latter and thus advancing the web stepby step through the slot 95 in. the vertical supporting wall 92 acrossthe cutting edge 93 of the knife 135 and across the peripheral surfaceof the printing drum 34 and the type 6G carried thereby so that the freeend portion of the web 30 is thus always disposed in position to havethe players total score imprinted thereon at the end of the game byaction of the pressure member 37, in the manner hereinbefore described.

When a coin of proper denomination is inserted into the coin-receivingaperture of the coin slide 124 and the latter is pushed inwardly intocoin-discharging position (right to left, Fig. 16) the link mechanism128--129-130 rocks the shaft 134 (counterclockwise, Figs. 13 and 16),thereby engaging the arm 136 which is carried by the shaft 134, with thescrew 140 which is carried by the lateral extension 139 of the arm 138of the segmental gear 137, thus causing the segmental gear 137 to berotated (counterclockwise, Fig. 13). This movement of the segmental gear137 acts through the gears 141 and 1114 to rotate the ratchet-supportingshaftv72 (counterclockwise, Figs. 10 and 13), thereby resetting theratchet 71 back into its initial position (as in Fig. lo) and at thesame time tensioning the ratchet operating spring 73 so that the spring73 will again rotate the shaft 72 and its arm 77 to release the latchmember 79 from latching engagement with the cam 83 so that the pressuremember 37 may again be urged by the tensioned spring 68 against the web3() after a predetermined number of balls have been elevated to thepropelling device 211 and the players game completed.

The inward movement of the coin slide 124 into coin-dischargingposition, acts through the link mechanism 128-129-130 to rock the shaft134 and its arm 147 cam 148 (counterclockwise, Fig. 1l), thereby causingthe cam 118 to engage the horizontal rod portion 146 of the latch member61, thereby raising the said portion 146 and pivoting the latch bar 61,(clockwise, Fig. 11) out of latching engagement with the main timinggears 56, whereupon the main timing gears 56, being thus freed, arerotated or reset by the main operating spring 168, back into theirinitial or zero positions, wherein they are stopped and held, bylatching engagement of a lateral extension 172 of the arm 14.7 with thepin or stop member 1419 which projects from one of the Q main timinggears 56 (Fig. 5), until the coin slide 124 is retracted (by a resettingspring, not shown) back into coin-receiving position (left to right,Fig. 16), whereupon the link mechanism 1213-129--130 associated with thecoin slide 12e ing gears 56 when the latch bar 61 is again moved againstthe action or" its resetting spring 173, (Fig. 10) out of latchingengagement with the timing gears 56 by operation of the next timing gearcarriage 57 to be operated by a ball passed down a runway 25.

The registering dial 162 is advanced in a circumferential step by stepmovement, in accordance with the score of the game, as follows: Everytime one of the main timing gears 56 and their common supporting shaft55 are ratched a predetermined circumferential distance by the operationof a played ball, in the manner hereinbefore described, this motion ofthe shaft 55 is transmitted through the gear 107 thereon to the gear onthe elevator shaft 4l which also carried the registering dial 162 (Fig.6), the registering dial 162 floating, that is, being loosely mountedon, the elevator shaft l11 and being fastened to the flanged portion 169of the sleeve 163 that is arranged upon the elevator shaft 41 (Figs. 6and 17).

1f the player attempts to operate the new game apparatus fraudulently bytilting the same and its cabinet 20 from their proper playing position,the upper end portion of the pendulum 155 is moved by gravity out oflatching engagement with the latch member 156, whereupon thecounterweighted end portion of the member 119 drops or pivots by gravity(counterclockwise, Fig. 13) upon its supporting shaft 55, therebyelevating the member 119 into a position (as in dotted lines, Fig. 13)between the peripheral face of the printing drum 34 and the impressiontransmitting or pressure member 87, thus preventing the player fromprinting the score of ico , his game upon the ticket web 30. At the sametime this motion of the counterweighted member 119-120 acts through thelink 121 and arm 122 to rotate the shaft 157 (counterclockwise, Fig. 9,clockwise, Fig. 13), thereby sliding the bar 159 (right to left, Fig. 9)and thus projecting the angled or lateral extension 151 ofthe slide bar159 across the peripheral surface of the scoreindicating dial 162,thereby rendering the players total score invisible to him through thesight opening 165 which is provided in the cabinet 20 for the purpose ofindicating to theplayer'hls total score at any stage of the game (Fig.l).

.To reset the anti-tilting device 155-156-157 and associated parts, thatis, to retract the lateral extension 161 of the slide bar 159 out fromunder the sight opening 165, and to remove the member 119 from positionbetween the printing drum 34 and the pressure member 87 (Fig. 13), it isnecessary for the player to insert a proper coin into the coin apertureof the coin slide 124 and operate the various mechanisms hereinbeforedescribed, including the segmental gear 137; and when the segmental gear137 is moved from dotted to full line position, Fig. 13, its upper edgeengages a laterally projecting pin 166 carried by the counterweightedportion of the carriage 119 (Fig. 13), thereby'pivoting the latter(clockise Fig. 13). This movement of the counterweight 120 retracts themember 119 from dotted to full line position (Fig. 13), so that theimpression transmitting or-pressure member 87 may again force the web 30against the printing drum 34, while at the same time this movement ofthe member 119-120 acts through the link 121 and arm 122 to rotate theshaft 157 (clockwise, Fig. 9, counterclockwse, Fig. 13), thereby movingthe slide bar 159 from left to right, Fig. 9, and retracting the lateralextension 161 thereof out from under the sight opening 165, thus againeX- posing the score-indicating or register dial 162 to the player. Atthe same time this motion of the slide bar 159 (left to right, Fig. 9)reengages the latch member 156 with the upper end portion ofthe pendulum155 so as to latch the counterweighted end portion 120 of the member 119in raised, full line, position,I (Fig. 13).

While we have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying our invention into eect, this is capable ofvariation and modification, without departing from the spirit of theinvention. We, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth, but desire to avail ourselves of suchvariations and modifications as come within the scope of lthe appendedclaims.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:

1. In a game apparatus, the combination of: a cabinet having adispensing outlet and including a member providing a playing surface andsaid member having ball exit scoring openings therein; aninscription-receiving web in said cabinet; means including membersautomatically actuated by balls passing through said ball exit scoringopenings to record the score of the game upon a portion of said webafter a predetermined numberA of balls have been played;and automaticmeans coacting with said recording means both to sever the said portionof said web from the body of the latter and to dispense the said portionof said web thus severed from the body of the same through saiddispensing 'outlet to the player.

israele 2. In a game apparatus, the combination of:

a cabinet having a dispensing outlet and including an inclined playingboard provided with ball exit scoring openings; means for elevatingballs one at a time up to the level of said inclined playing 8 board;means for propelling balls one at a time onto the upper portion of saidinclined playing board so that they may gravitate thereover and y enterinto said ball exit scoring openings; inclined runways below saidplaying board and having communication with said scoring openings forreturning balls from said scoring openings to said elevating means; aninscription-receiving member in said cabinet; means including membersactuated by balls traveling along sad'runways to record the score of thegame upon said inscription-receiving member after a predetermined numberof balls have been elevated to said playing board; and means coactingwith said elevating means and recording means after a predeterminednumber of balls have been elevated,l to said playing board to dispensesaid inscriptionreceiving member to the player through said dispensingoutlet.

3. In a game apparatus, the combination of: 10@ a cabinet provided witha dispensing outlet and including a member providing a playing surfaceand said member havingball exit scoring openings therein; means forpropelling balls one at a time over said playing surface so that theymay enter into said scoring openings; means for elevating spent ballsone at a time up to said playing surface; runways below said playingsurface and having communication 'with said ball exit scoring openingsfor returning the played balls from said scoring openings to saidelevating means; an inscription-receiving webin said cabinet; meansincluding members actuated by balls traveling along said runways torecord the score of the game upon a portion of said web after apredetermined number of balls have been relevated to said playingsurface; and means coacting with said elevating means after apredetermined number of balls have been elevated thereby to sever thesaid portionof said web from the body of the latter and to"dispense thesaid portion of said web to the player through said dispensing outlet.

1. In a game apparatus the combination of: a cabinet including a memberproviding a ball playing surface; means for propelling balls one at atime over said playing surface; means for elevating spent balls one at atime up to said playing surface; means for returning the played ballsfrom said playing surface to said elevating means; aninscription-receiving web in said cabinet; means including membersactuated by balls traveling from said playing surface to said elevatingmeans by way of said ball returning. means to record the score of thegame upon a portion. of said web after a. predetermined number of ballshave been elevated to said playing surface; and means coacting with saidelevating means after a predetermined number of balls have been elevatedthereby to sever the said portion of said web from the body of thelatter and to dispense the said portion of said web to the playerthrough said dispensing outlet.

5. In a game apparatus, the combination of: a cabinet having adispensing outlet and includ- 14,. ingamemberproviding aplaying surface;means for propelling balls one at a time over said playing surface;means for elevating balls one ata time from a point below said playingsurface up to said propelling means; means ist invasie for returning theplayed balls from said playing surface to said elevating means; aninscription-receiving member in said cabinet; means including membersactuated by balls traveling from said playing surface to said elevatingmeans by way oi said ball-returning means to record the score of thegame upon said inscription-receiving member after a predetermined numberof balls have been elevated to said playing surface; and means coactingwith said elevating means after a predetermined number of balls havebeen elevated thereby to dispense said inscription-receiving member tothe player through said dispensing outlet.

6. in a game apparatus, the combination oi: a cabinet including a memberproviding a playing surface; means for propelling balls over saidplaying surface; an inscription-receiving web in said cabinet;rneansincluding members actuated by the played balls to record the score ofthe game upon a portion ci said web after a predetermined number ofballs have been played; and means automatically severing the saidportion of said web from the body of the same after the score recordingoperation and after the said predetermined number oi` balls have beenplayed.

7. In a game apparatus, the combination of: a cabinet having adispensing outlet and including an inclined playing board having ballexit scoring openings formed therein; means for propelling balls one ata time onto the upper portionof said playing board so that they maygravitate thereover and enter into said scoring openings; meansincluding a manually operable member for elevating balls one at a time`from a point below said scoring openings to said propelling means; animprint-receiving web in said cabinet; inclined ball return runwaysbelow and in communication with scoring openings for returning theplayed balls from said scoring openings to said elevating means; aprinting drum in said cabinet; means including members operated by ballstraveling down said runways to rotate said printing drum in step by stepmovement in known accordance with the scoring value of said balls andscoring openings; means coacting with said manually operable member foradvancing said web relative to and past said printing drum; ineenscoacting with said manually operable member to urge said web intoprinting engagement with said printing drum, yafter a predeterminednumber of balls have been elevated to said playing board by saidelevating means; and means ier severing the printed score-bearingportion of said web from the body of the same after said printingoperation and for dispensing the same to the player through saiddispensing outlet.

8. ln a gaine apparatus, the combination oi: a cabinet having adispensing outlet and including a member providing a ball playingsurface and said member having scoring openings therein; means forprojecting balls one at a time over said playing surface so that theymay enter into and pass through said scoring openings; means forelevating spent balls one at a time from a point below said playingsurface and scoring openings up to said propelling means; runways belowsaid playing surface for returning the played balls from said scoringopenings to said propelling means; an imprint-receiving member in saidcabinet; printing means in said cabinet; means actuated by ballstraveling along said runways for advancing said printing means in a,step by step movement in known accordance with the scoring value oi saidballs; and means coacting with said elevating means after apredetermined number of balls have been elevated thereby to said playingsurface to engage said printing means and imprint-receiving member witheach other so as to print the total score of the game upon the latterand dispense the saine thus printed to the player exteriorly oi saidcabinet by way of said dispensing outlet.

9. in a. game apparatus, the combination of: a cabinet including amember providing a playing surface and said member having ball exitscoring openings therein; means for propelling balls one at a time oversaid playing surface so that they may enter into and pass through saidscoring openings; means for elevating spent balls one at a time from apoint below said playing surface and scoring openings up to said playingsurface; printing means in said cabinet; an impressionreceiving memberin said cabinet; means coacting with said elevating means ror urgingsaid printing means and impression-receiving member into printingengagement with each other after a predetermined number of balls havebeen elevated by said elevating means up to said playing surface .so asto imprint upon said impressionreceiving member the total score of thegame and to dispense the said impression-receiving member thus printedto the player exteriorly of said cabinet.

10. In a game apparatus, the combination of: a cabinet including amember providing a ball playing surface; means for propelling balls oneat a time over said playing surface; means 'for elevating spent ballsone at a time from a point below said playing surface up to saidpropelling means; means for returning played balls from said playingsurface to said elevating means; printing means in said cabinet;imprint-receiving means in said cabinet; means operated by the playedballs passing along said ball-returning means for advancing the saidprinting means past the said imprint-receiving means in a step by stepmovement in known accordance with the scoring value of the played balls;and means coacting with said elevating means after a predeterminednumber of balls have been elevated thereby up to Said playing surface tourge said printing means and imprint-receiving means into printingengagement with each other so as to print the total score of the gaineupon the latter and dispense the same thus printed exteriorly of thecabinet to the player.

ll. in a game apparatus, the combination of: a cabinet including aninclined playing board having ball exit scoring openings formed therein;means for propelling balls one at a time onto said playing board so thatthey may enter into and pass through said scoring openings; means forelevating balls one at a time from a point below said playing board upto the level of the same; inclined runways below said playing board eachhaving communication with a preselected group of said scoring openings;a common runway ior returning the played balls from said inclinedrunways to said elevating means; a score printing device in saidcabinet; means including devices arranged in said inclined runways andoperable by balls traveling therealong to total the score of the gameupon said printing device; and means coacting with said printing deviceand elevating means to print the score of the game after a predeterminednumber of balls have been elevated by said elevating means up to thelevel of said playing board.

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llamara from said scoring openings to said elevating means; and meansincluding a, device operable by balls passing along said runways fromsaid scoring openings to said elevating means and coacting with thelatter to print the total score of the game after a predetermined numberof balls have been elevated by said elevating means up to the level oisaid playing board.

CLAUDE R. KIRK. EDWARD E. COLLISON.

